Just when it looked like the year would end without another mega-merger, Illumina has swooped in to acquire its rival, Pacific Biosciences (PacBio), for $1.2 billion. The move would solidify San Diego, CA-based Illuminas position in the gene... Read More >

Each year in the United States, at least two million people become infected with antibiotic-resistant infections--so-called super bugs. And at least 23,000 of those people will end up dying from them, according to theCenters for Disease Cont... Read More >

Anyone who has had BRCA1 or BRCA2 testing can log onto My Gene Counsel to learn about their gene and variant, and what they can do about the finding. Registered users of its recently launched patient portal can have their genetic test result... Read More >

Ellen Matloff, president CEO of digital health company My Gene Counsel , says she was adamantly opposed to DTC testing just six years ago. But since then, 15 million people have had one done, and the number of DTC genetic companies has mushr... Read More >

Bionano Genomics reported a 3 percent increase in third-quarter revenues after the market close recently. Fresh off its initial public offering in August, in which it raised $23.7 million in gross proceeds, the San Diego-based DNA analysis... Read More >

PerkinElmer Genomics has chosen BioDiscoverys NxClinical software for genomic data analysis for its services, BioDiscovery announced recently. The software will enable PerkinElmer Genomics to provide fast and accurate copy number variation... Read More >

WuXi NextCode said today that it has closed a $200 million Series C financing round. The round was led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), which contributed $70 million, and included existing shareholders Temasek, Yunfeng Capita... Read More >

LGC announced today that it has acquired SeraCare Life Sciences, a provider of quality control materials for the infectious disease testing and next-generation sequencing markets. According to LGC, the acquisition strengthens the firms posit... Read More >

Stilla Technologies announced today that it has completed a 16 million ($18.3 million) Series A financing round led by Illumina Ventures. Kurma Partners, LBO France, BNP Paribas Dveloppement, Paris Saclay Seeds, and Idinvest Partners also pa... Read More >

Agilent Technologies reported after the close of the market on Monday that its fourth quarter revenues grew 9 percent year over year. For the three months ended Oct. 31, the life sciences company said total revenues rose to $1.29 billion fro... Read More >